Collocations for "conversation"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "conversation" in context.
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conversation
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- an important conversation [with, about, concerning]
- a [brief, long, drawn-out] conversation
- an [in-depth, extensive] conversation
- [a telephone, an online] conversation
- a conversation over the [telephone, internet]
- a [boring, interesting, personal] conversation
- this conversation [bores] me
- am bored of this conversation
- am interested [in, by] this conversation
- had a conversation with him
- had [this, the same] conversation [yesterday, already]
- have already had this conversation
- am just trying to make conversation
- [end, start] a conversation
- [strike, build, keep] up a conversation
- overheard their conversation
- overheard a conversation between
- was [eavesdropping on, listening in to] our conversation
- he [tapped, bugged, recorded] their conversation
- was [mentioned, brought up] in conversation
- do you remember our conversation about
- the conversation [died, petered] out
- the conversation [went back, turned, reverted] to
- a conversation about [politics, math, work]
- a conversation in [Spanish]
- an [interesting] topic of conversation
- [following, further to] our [phone, earlier] conversation
- a good conversation starter
- [poor, adequate, great] conversation skills
- a conversation partner
- a [Spanish] conversation class
'conversation' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
anytime
- attraction
- bug
- burst
- butt
- close
- crop
- disrupt
- disturb
- earnest
- eavesdrop
- end
- engage
- engaged
- entertaining
- exclude
- excuse
- filthy
- fluent
- follow
- gist
- give
- have
- heated
- hum
- informal
- interrupt
- light
- listen
- lively
- make
- meaningful
- mention
- muddle
- muscle
- pause
- phone
- piece
- polite
- private
- pull
- recording
- reference
- replay
- rescue
- resume
- salvage
- script
- seed
- silence